Barry Bonds
Left Fielder · San Francisco Giants
Baseball · Enshrined Legend
Barry Bonds
Raised on the Peninsula in a baseball family, Barry Bonds came home to the Giants in 1992 and went on to become the sport's all-time home run king.
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Career Home Runs — MLB Record
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Home Runs in 2001 — Single-Season Record
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Walks in 2004 — Single-Season Record
The Backstory
A Bay Area Baseball Bloodline
Deep Bay Area roots
Grew up on the Peninsula, the son of Giants great Bobby Bonds and godson of Willie Mays, with cousin Reggie Jackson starring across the Bay for the Athletics.
Comes home to San Francisco
Signed with the Giants in late 1992 after standout seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, arriving just as Bob Lurie completed the sale of the franchise, and immediately helped drive a franchise-record 103-win season in 1993.
A decade-defining hitter
Named The Sporting News' Player of the Decade for the 1990s, then set the single-season home run record with 73 in 2001 and the all-time career mark with 762, all while posting the two highest batting averages of his career, .370 and .362, as pitchers walked him at record rates.
His love for San Francisco
Has said publicly that the city itself, more than any formal plaque, is what he considers his true hall of fame.
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1992 → 2004
Career Timeline
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1992
Signs with the San Francisco Giants
Arrives from Pittsburgh just before Bob Lurie completes the sale of the franchise.
A Career of Records
A baseball family with deep roots on both sides of the Bay.
Son of Bobby Bonds — His father starred for the Giants before him.
Godson of Willie Mays — Grew up with a direct connection to Giants royalty.
Cousin of Reggie Jackson — Jackson played across the Bay for the Athletics.
Peninsula upbringing — Attended school on the Peninsula through high school.
Every award, on the record
Honors & Awards
The Sporting News Player of the Decade
Honored for his all-around excellence in hitting, base stealing, and fielding.
More To Know
Deeper Cuts on Barry Bonds
He won a record seven National League MVP awards, including an unmatched four in a row, alongside 14 All-Star selections, eight Gold Gloves, and 12 Silver Sluggers.
He holds the career walks record with 2,558 and is the only player in history with both 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases.
At Arizona State he hit .347 with 45 home runs and tied an NCAA record with seven straight hits in College World Series play.
He spent his first seven big-league seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning two of his MVP awards before returning home to the Giants.
Federal prosecutors charged him with perjury and obstruction of justice in the BALCO steroid investigation; the obstruction conviction was later thrown out on appeal in 2015, and he has never been elected to the Hall of Fame.
He briefly returned to the game as the Miami Marlins' hitting coach in 2016.
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